REUL (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 statutory instruments
Complete list of proposed negative statutory instruments (SIs) laid to sift under the REUL (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act has ended the special status of retained EU law, which is now known as ‘assimilated law’ since 1 January 2024, in the UK statute book. This enables assimilated law to be amended, revoked and replaced more easily via legislation such as these statutory instruments.
Negative to sift SIs
Before some Retained EU Law Act SIs are formally ‘laid’ in Parliament, they have to go through a sifting process. A scrutiny committee in the House of Commons and the House of Lords will consider the suitability of the ‘negative procedure’ for these SIs.
You can find details of those SIs, including the outcome of sifts, in this section.
Updates to this page
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Published 'The Energy (Euratom Decisions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2025'.
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The following statutory instruments were removed as they were no longer in scope of the page, and their links redirected to Legislation equivalent pages to prevent duplication of content: The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2024; The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment) Regulations 2024; The Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024; The Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023; The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023; The Wine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023; The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023; The Aviation (Consumers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023; The Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023; The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023; The Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023; The Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023; The Pensions Act 2004 (Amendment) (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) Regulations 2023; Occupational Pension Schemes (Amendment) (Equal Treatment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023; The Pensions Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Equal Treatment by occupational pension schemes) Regulations 2023; The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023; The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Revocation and Sunset Disapplication) Regulations 2023; The Pensions (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023; The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2024; The Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (Amendment and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023; The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Saving Provision) Regulations 2023. The page summary was updated to reflect these changes. The page topic tag was changed from 'Brexit' to 'Regulation reform'.
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The Companies (Directors’ Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 SI added to the page under the "Negative to Sift" section.
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'The New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025' page has been added to the collection as a negative to sift statutory instrument (SI).
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New Statutory Instrument, The Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024, added to the negative to sift section.
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The Companies Act 2006 (Recognition of Third Country Qualifications and Practical Training) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 SI added to the page under the Negative to Sift section. The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 added to the page as a 'Draft Affirmative SI'.
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The Health Claims (Revocation) Regulations 2024 SI added to the page under the Negative to Sift section.
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The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment) Regulations 2024 added to page.
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Removed SI The Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 as since been identified as not a REUL SI and added the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 as a negative to sift SI.
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The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Revocation) Regulations 2024 SI added to the page as a negative to sift SI.
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The Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 draft affirmative SI added under the draft affirmative section.
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Pressure Equipment (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 SI added to the page under the negative to sift SI section.
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Added a link to 'The Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024'.
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The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2024 SI added to the Negative SI section of the collection page.
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Minor wording changes added to description at the top of the page. New document collection section added to the page for "No procedure SIs" and MOJ SI added to this section.
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The Pensions (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 added to the page.
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Negative SI section added to the page, with DHSC's labelling SI added to page.
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The The Railways (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2024 SI has been added to the page as a negative to sift SI
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The Railways and Freight Transport etc. (Revocation) Regulations 2024 SI added to page under the "Negative to Sift" section.
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The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 SI and The Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 added as draft affirmative SIs to the page
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The Wine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023 SI has been added to the page as a 'Draft Affirmative' SI.
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The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 SI has been added to the page as a 'Draft Affirmative' SI.
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Five new Statutory Instruments (SIs) added to the page, including one DBT SI, 2 DFT SIs and 2 DSIT SIs.
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Four DWP SIs were laid today and have been added to the page
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Added 2 statutory instruments from DfE and DSIT laid under the REUL Act 2023 powers.
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Updated to include draft affirmative statutory instruments.
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First published.